Dick Allen and Dave Parker Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

Dick Allen and Dave Parker have been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. I strongly support Dick Allen's election (which is long overdue), but I don't think that Parker should be in the Hall of Fame. (In my view, he belongs instead to the Hall of Very Good.)

Of the people on this particular Veterans Committee ballot (though the name "Veterans Committee" was retired many years ago), I was most enthusiastic about Dick Allen's candidacy. I also think that Luis Tiant, Vic Harris, and Ken Boyer belong in the Hall of Fame. Jay Jaffe has written excellent summaries of the careers and Cooperstown (i.e., Hall of Fame) cases of the people on the ballot.